The Yearling
by Clarence Brown
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Actor: Chill Wills, Claude Jarman Jr., Clem Bevans, Gregory Peck, Jane WymanDirector: Clarence Brown
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Arthur E. Arling
Cinematographer: Charles Rosher
Cinematographer: Leonard Smith
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Writer: John Lee Mahin
Writer: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Writer: Paul Osborn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-03
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Yearling
DVD Review: Sad movie of a young boy and his fawn
Summary: 3 Stars
I received this video quickly, safely, and well packaged. It was i who had forgotten the story of "The Yearling." This was too sad for me, a grandmother, and probably is too sad for others.
However, I want to emphasis that my purchase through Amazon.com went perfectly. Just a story I could not watch for a second time.
DVD Review: Family Drama in Florida's Scrublands
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, this is a 1946 film, so young viewers used to contemporary quick video-style scene cuts and an emphasis on action over character may not have the patience to sit through this lyrical story.
The author of the book, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, grew up in the Florida Everglades, and the film's director, Clarence Brown, depicts beautifully photographed scenes of the flora and fauna of Florida's northern region. While Jody Baxter, a lonely 12-year-old, is the central protagonist, the film delves into mature themes such as man's struggle against nature for survival, what constitutes our measurement of wealth, how our experiences shape the way we perceive and approach life, and how events can precipitate the transition from adolescence to adulthood. The book received the Pulitzer Prize in 1939, and the film was nominated for academy awards in the categories best film, best actor, best actress, best director, and best film editing. Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman and Claude Jarman star in the lead roles, with some of Hollywood's best character actors playing colorful supporting roles.
The Yearling takes place in northeast Florida during the late 1870s. Jody's father, the shrewd but softhearted Penny Baxter (Peck), is a former rebel soldier trying to eke out a living for his family on a small farm. His somber wife, Orry (Wyman), has been so emotionally depleted by the deaths of several children that she cannot show love for Jody, her remaining child, for fear of losing him too. Jody, a wistful daydreamer, would rather explore the surrounding scrublands than attend to his chores, and his father, well aware of his son's loneliness, tends to forgive and indulge him, leaving Orry the role of disciplinarian and harsh realist.
The relationship between Penny and Jody is a wonderful example of a father passing on moral and ethical values, as well as the practical skills needed to survive in life. Penny shows Jody how to earn the respect of their fierce neighbors, the Forresters, how to plant crops and to hunt. In fact, it is during a bear hunt that Penny is bitten by a rattler and must shoot a doe to save his life. Not long after, Jody discovers and adopts -- against his parents' advice -- the doe's orphaned fawn, which he names Flag. His subsequent attempts to domesticate Flag and his relationship with a crippled Forrester boy, Fodderwing, lead him to the defining moments that mark his coming of age.
If you enjoy movies of past decades and stories of family life and character development, I highly recommend this film. I only wish it came in the widescreen view.
DVD Review: The Yearling
Summary: 5 Stars
A beautiful, heartwarming movie. However, there are a couple of scenes that are grossly insinuative. Like what happened to the mother deer - something had to be cut out, though they didn't show the process.DVD Review: Florida classic
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is priceless, and should be required viewing for all Florida school children. This is a classic and is a MUST SEE. Dont pass this one up, no matter your age.DVD Review: A tender growing of age story
Summary: 5 Stars
The YEARLING, is a wonderful story of a family living in the post Civil War era of Florida.(1870's) Gregory Peck is the "Pa" to Jody (Claude Jarman, Jr) who shows him how to hunt bears, plant crops, & wonderful storytelling at nite."Ma" is Jane Wyman who holds the whole family together, whose greatest wish is to have a well nearer the house. Jody grows to love a fawn whose mother was sacrificed to save Pa after he was bitten by a rattle snake, while hunting. Jody eventually names the fawn Flag, after his special friend dies who loves animals himself. But with growth comes anguish, Flag eats the crops. Jody builds a fence that Flag sails over to eat the second planting. Ma & Pa insist that Flag go. Well, I wont tell the whole story. This is DEFINITELY a family movie,showing the trials & tribulations of love & letting go.
Description of The Yearling
Life abounds in the 1870s Florida scrubland that's home to young Jody Baxter. There are bears to hunt, cash crops to plant, evenings of storytelling with Pa and Ma... and there are timeless lessons of love and letting go that Jody learns from Flag, the orphaned pet fawn that follows him around with devotion.Child actor Claude Jarman Jr. won a Special Oscar for his lead performance as the boy hero of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' novel, which concerns a lad's love of a fawn in the post-Civil War era. Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman are memorable as his parents, their emotions divided in the aftermath of so much tragedy and their lives affected by the boy's passion for his yearling. Clarence Brown (National Velvet) directed this 1946 heartbreaker, which will not leave a dry eye in the room. A handsome, leisurely drama at more than two hours, shorter versions simply don't cut it. --Tom Keogh
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